Garter buckle



June 5,1962 M GIRODET 3,037,257

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3.2 mama z g I -'IAVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII z i Z 2/ 2s 12 I a?) e m "to 7" Hemv'zl Maw eel Gi/rodei a T K 2 .fizif United States Patent Q 3,037,257 GARTER BUCKLE Henri Marcel Girodet, 23 Rue Emile Clermont, Saint-Etienne, France Filed Feb. 23, 1968, Ser. No. 10,212 Claims priority, application France Mar. 13, 1959 2 Claims. (Cl. 24-246) This invention relates to fastening devices and in particular to a suspender clip for stockings or the like.

This device is an improvement on the suspender clip as illustrated in applicants co-pending application, Serial No. 738,845 filed June 4, 1958.

The object of this invention is to provide a suspender clip which may be simply and economically manufactured and assembled.

A further object of this invention is to provide a suspender clip formed of a non-metallic resilient material.

Other objects of the invention will, in part, be obvious, and will, in part, appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a view in front elevation of the clip;

FIG. 2 is a view in side elevation of the clip;

FIG. 3 is a view in side elevation of the stud carrying tongue portion;

FIG. 4 is a View of the clip in front elevation of the stud carrying tongue portion;

FIG. 5 is a view in front elevation of the clip illustrating the tongue portion partially engaged with the main body of the clip;

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the clip having the tongue member in assembly;

FIG. 7 is a view in side elevation of the clip with tongue assembled therewith;

FIG. 8 is a view in front elevation of the assembled clip with the stud engaging the main body;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view in section taken on line 9-9 of FIG. 6; and

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view in section taken on line 10-10 of FIG. 6.

Referring to the drawing, there is illustrated a fastener 10 or the like formed of rubber or a resilient plastic comprising a buckle member 12 formed of a fairly rigid plastic to a clip portion 14 having a relatively greater resiliency adapted to retain a stocking or the like therebetween. The buckle member 12 includes a loop 15, the opening of which is narrowed at the lower end and an upper solid portion 16. Within the solid portion 16 is formed a laterally extending slot 18 with an opening 20 at one side and adapted to receive therein an elastic strap (not shown). Disposed between the loop and the slot 18 is a chamfered recess 21 on one face 22 of the solid portion having an opening 23 through the side wall of the body portion 16, the opening 23 is of lesser width than the recess 21 as illustrated in FIG. 1 for a purpose to be described hereinafter.

The clip portion 14 comprises a substantially solid member with a round headed stud 24 at the lower end for longitudinal sliding engagement with the lower end of the loop 15. The upper section 26 has a laterally extending channel shaped bar 28 disposed between the stud 24 and the top 30 and laterally spaced from one face by a web 32 which has a reduced cross sectional area as illustrated in FIG. 3.

To assemble the clip 14 with the buckle member 12, one end of the web 32 is inserted in the opening 23 and due to the inherent resilient characteristics of the buckle 12 continual lateral pressure will cause the edges 34 and 36 of the opening 23 to flex open as shown in FIG. 5 and allow passage of the web 32 within the recess. The relative dimensions of the bar 28 with respect to the recess 21 are such that after the web 32 has penetrated fully into the recess, the edges of the recess 23 contract toward each other as shown in FIG. 6 to retain the bar 28 in assembly.

It will therefore be readily seen that the completed assembly comprises the inner of two molded components which may be simply and economically formed, snapped into cooperate engagement by unique and novel means.

Since certain other obvious modifications may be made in this device without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained herein be interpreted in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. An article of manufacture including a buckle and a clip, said buckle comprising a loop of resilient material and strap engaging means at the opposite end of said buckle, a pair of flexible, spaced walls defining a restricted aperture in one face of said buckle, said aperture disposed between the lower end of said buckle and said strap engaging means, said aperture extending as a chamfered recess in substantially right angle relationship to the axis of said buckle, said clip comprising a base member, a stud means adjacent one end of said base member and a laterally extending bar portion at the opposite end of said base member, said bar portion being spaced from said base member by interconnecting web means of a lesser cross-section than said bar portion, and said spaced walls spaced from each other a lesser distance than the width of said interconnecting web, whereby lateral insertion of said web between said spaced walls will cause said walls to resiliently flex away from each other to accommodate said bar and snap back into their normal position after passage of said web to retain said clip in assembly. a

2. An article of manufacture including a buckle and a clip, said buckle comprising a loop of resilient material and a clip engaging means at the opposite end of said buckle from said loop, said clip engaging means including a pair of flexible, spaced walls defining a restricted aperture in one face of said buckle, said restricted aperture extended as a recess, said recess having a width and length greater than said restricted aperture, said clip comprising a base member, a stud means adjacent one end of said base member and a laterally extending bar portion at the opposite end, said bar portion spaced from said base member by interconnecting web means of a lesser cross-section than said bar portion and said web means having a width slightly greater than the Width of said restricted aperture whereby lateral insertion of said web between said spaced walls will cause said walls to resiliently flex away from each other to accommodate said bar and snap back into their normal position after passage of said web to retain said clip in assembly.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 738,474 Orewiler Sept. 8, 1903 1,475,868 Peterson et a1 Nov. 27, 1923 2,066,957 Wratshko Jan. 5, 1937 2,613,413 Budny Oct. 14, 1952 2,641,039 Bissell June 9, 1953 2,723,435 Batzdorflf Nov. 15, 1955 2,746,502 Graell May 22, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS 549,360 Canada Nov. 26, 1957 978,589 France Nov. 29, 1950 a 633,933 Great Britain Dec. 30, 1949 

